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Senate  Concurrent  Resolution  No.  4, 


CHAPTER  23. 

Senate  Concurrent  Resolution  No.  4,  relative  to  approving 
eleven  certain  amendments  to  the  charter  of  the  city  of 
Petaluma,  county  of  Sonoma,  State  of  California,  voted 
for  and  ratified  hy  the  qualified  electors  of  the  said  city 
of  Petaluma  at  a  general  municipal  electioii  held  therein 
for  that  purpose  on  the  tenth  day  of  June,  1913. 

[Filed  with  S'^cretary  of  State  April  2,  1915.] 

Whereas,  The  city  of  Petaluma,  in  the  county  of  Sonoma, 
State  of  California,  contains  a  population  of  more  than  thirty- 
five  hundred  inhabitants,  and  has  been  ever  since  the  year 
1911,  and  is  now,  organized  and  acting  under  a  freeholders' 
charter,  adopted  under  and  by  virtue  of  section  eight  of  article 
eleven  of  the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California,  which 
charter  was  duly  ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors 
of  said  city  at  a  special  election  held  for  that  purpose  on  the 
fourteenth  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1911,  and  approved  by  the 
legislature  of  the  State  of  California  on  the  eighth  dav  of 
March,  1911  (statutes  of  1911,  pa^e  1799)  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  city  council  of  the  said  city  of  Petaluma  did 
by  ordinance  duly  adopted  by  said  city  council  and  approved 
by  the  mayor  of  said  city  on  the  twenty-first  day  of  April,  1913, 
and  pursuant  to  section  eight  of  article  eleven  of  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  State  of  California,  duly  propose  to  the  qualified 
electors  of  said  city  of  Petaluma,  certain  amendments  to  the 
charter  of  said  city  of  Petaluma  to  be  submitted  to  the  said 
qualified  electors  at  a  general  municipal  election  to  be  held 
in  said  city  on  the  tenth  day  of  June,  1913 ;  said  amendments 
being  thirteen  in  number ;  and 

Whereas,  Said  proposed  amendments  were,  and  each  of 
them  was,  published  for  ten  days  in  a  daily  newspaper  printed 
and  published  in  said  city  of  Petaluma,  and  having  a  general 
circulation  therein,  to  wit :  The  Petaluma  Argus;  said  publica- 
tion beginning  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  April,  1913,  and 
ending  the  third  day  of  May,  1913 ;  and 

Whereas,  The  city  council  of  said  city  did  by  said  ordinance, 
duly  adopted  by  said  city  council  and  approved  by  the  mayor 
of  said  city,  order  the  holding  of  a  general  municipal  election 
in  said  city  of  Petaluma  on  the  tenth  day  of  June,  1913,  said 
day  being  at  least  forty  days  after  the  publication  of  said 
proposed  amendments  for  ten  days  in  said  daily  newspaper  of 
general  circulation  in  said  cijv^f  I^taluma,  to  wit :  The  Peta- 


luma  Argus;  and  did  provide  in  said  ordinance  for  the  sub- 
mission of  the  proposed  charter  amendments  numbers  1,  2,  3, 
4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  and  13,  to  the  qualified  electors  of 
said  city  for  their  ratification  at  said  election ;  and 

Whereas,  Said  election  was  duly  called  and  held  on  said 
tenth  day  of  June,  1913,  and  at  said  election  a  majority  of  the 
qualified  electors  voting  thereon  voted  in  favor  of  the  ratifica- 
tion  of  and  did  ratify  eleven  of  the  proposed  amendments  to 
said  charter;  and 

Whereas,  The  city  council  of  the  said  city  of  Petaluma  in 
accordance  with  the  law  in  such  cases  made  and  provided,  did 
meet  on  Monday,  the  sixteenth  day  of  June,  1913,  at  their  usual 
time  and  place  of  meeting,  and  duly  canvass  the  returns  of  said 
election  as  certified  by  the  election  boards,  and  duly  found, 
determined  and  declared  that  a  majority  of  the  qualified 
electors  of  said  city  voting  thereon  had  voted  for  and  ratified 
eleven  of  said  proposed  amendments  to  the  charter  of  said 
city  of  Petaluma ;  and 

Whereas,  The  said  eleven  subsequent  amendments  to  the 
charter  so  ratified  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of 
said  city  voting  at  said  election  are  in  words  and  figures  as 
follows,  to  wit : 

charter  amendment  number  one. 

Section  12  of  article  3  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  12.  To  lease  to  corporations  or  individuals,  for 
purpose  of  maintenance  and  operation,  of  any  public  utility 
owned  by  the  city,  and  to  provide  for  the  lease  of  any  land  now 
or  hereafter  owned  by  the  city. 

charter  amendment  number  two. 

Section  65  of  article  3  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 

Section  65.  May  expend  such  sum  or  sums,  not  to  exceed  in 
the  aggregate,  in  any  one  fiscal  year,  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
($300)  dollars  from  the  revenues  of  the  city  for  entertainment 
and  promotion,  or  entertainment  or  promotion. 

charter  amendment  number  three. 

Section  1  of  article  4  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to  read 
as  follows : 

Section  1.  Elections  to  be  held  in  said  city  for  the  purpose  of 
electing  officers  of  said  city,  and  for  all  other  purposes,  are  to 
be  of  two  kinds :  general  municipal  elections  and  special  munici- 
pal elections. 

The  first  general  election  under  this  charter  shall  be  held  on 
the  second  Tuesday  of  April,  1911,  and  the  second  general 


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election  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  June,  1913,  and 
all  other  general  municipal  elections  shall  be  held  on  the  second 
Tuesday  of  June,  of  each  second  year  thereafter. 

All  general  and  special  municipal  elections  of  said  city  are 
to  be  held  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  law  of  the 
state  governing  the  holding  of  general  elections. 

The  conduct  and  carrying  on  of  all  city  elections  shall  be 
under  the  control  of  the  council  and  the  mayor.  The  council 
shall  by  ordinance  make  provision  for  the  holding  of  all  city 
elections  and  may  district  and  subdivide  the  municipality  into 
municipal  election  precincts  for  the  holding  of  municipal  elec- 
tions and  consolidate  such  precincts  in  the  municipality  for 
such  elections,  provided  no  change  is  made  in  the  boundaries 
of  the  election  precincts  as  the  same  are  established  by  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  Sonoma  county. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT   NUMBER  FOUR. 

Section  13  of  article  6  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  13.  No  action  providing  for  any  specific  improve- 
ment or  the  appropriation  or  expenditure  of  any  public  money, 
except  a  sum  less  than  $200 ;  for  the  appropriation,  acquisition, 
sale  or  lease  of  public  property ;  for  the  granting  of  any  fran- 
chise, for  the  establishing  or  changing  of  the  fire  limits ;  or  for 
the  imposing  of  any  penalty,  shall  be  taken  except  by  ordinance. 

CHARTER   AMENDMENT   NUMBER   FIVE. 

Section  22  of  article  6  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 

Section  22.  If  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  any  elective  office, 
by  reason  of  death,  removal,  or  any  cause  whatever,  the  council 
shall  forthwith,  at  either  a  regular  or  adjourned,  or  a  called 
meeting  of  the  said  council,  appoint  a  person  to  fill  such 
vacancy;  provided,  lioivever,  that  the  said  appointee  shall  be 
eligible  under  the  provisions  of  this  charter;  and  provided, 
further,  that  the  appointee  shall  receive  the  affirmative  votes 
of  at  least  four  members  of  the  council. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  EIGHT, 

Section  9  of  article  7  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  9.  There  shall  be  a  chief  of  police.  The  department 
of  the  police  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  chief  of  police. 
He  shall  have  all  the  powers  given  to  peace  officers  under 
the  laws  of  this  state  and  he  shall  perform  all  duties  imposed 
upon  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  council. 


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CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  NINE. 

Section  111  of  article  7  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 

Section  17Z.  The  mayor  of  the  city  of  Petaluma  shall  receive 
compensation  for  his  services  the  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars 
per  year,  and  each  member  of  the  city  council  shall  receive  a 
compensation  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  year,  which 
said  amount  shall  be  in  full  payment  of  all  services  rendered 
said  city  whether  as  mayor,  members  of  the  council  or  as  mem- 
bers of  the  board  of  equalization.  The  said  yearly  salary  shall 
be  paid  in  monthly  installments. 

CHARTER   AMENDMENT    NUMBER   TEN. 

Section  1  of  article  11  of  said  charter  is  amended  to  read 
as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  council  shall  by  resolution  provide  for  the 
assessment,  levy  and  collection  of  taxes,  and  shall  act  as  a 
board  of  equalization  in  equalizing  the  value  of  property  listed 
upon  the  assessment  roll.  During  the  month  of  September  in 
each  year,  it  shall  levy  such  a  tax  as  may  be  necessary  to  raise 
revenue  for  the  maintenance  of  the  city  and  the  several  depart- 
ments during  the  fiscal  year,  but  such  tax  levy,  for  all  municipal 
purposes,  except  the  payment  of  interest  and  principal,  on  the 
bonded  indebtedness,  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
cents  for  each  one  hundred  dollars  of  assessed  valuation  as  the 
same  appears  upon  the  assessment  roll. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  ELEVEN. 

Section  5  of  article  12  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 

Section  5.  No  contract  for  lighting  streets,  public  buildings, 
places  or  offices,  shall  be  made  for  a  longer  period  than  five 
years.  All  contracts  for  said  purpose  or  purposes  must  con- 
tain a  provision  that  the  rate  shall  not,  during  the  existence 
of  said  contract,  be  in  excess  of  the  minimum  rate  or  rates 
established  for  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Petaluma. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  TWELVE. 

Section  1  of  article  18  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  This  charter  may  be  amended  as  provided  in 
the  constitution  of  the  State  of  California  and  in  the  general 
laws  of  said  state. 

CHARTER  AMENDMENT  NUMBER  THIRTEEN. 

Section  12  of  article  17  of  said  charter  is  amended  so  as 
to  read  as  follows : 

Section  12.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  hold  office  in  the 
city  whether  elective  or  appointive  unless  he  be  an  elector 


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therein,  and  have  resided  within  its  present  limits,  for  at  least 
two  years  next  preceding  the  dates  of  such  election  or  appoint- 
ment, except  superintendents,  principals  and  teachers,  of  the 
public  schools;  and  city  engineers,  and  as  herein  otherwise 
provided. 

State  of  California,  i 

County  of  Sonoma,        /  ss. 
City  of  Petaluma.  ) 

This  is  to  certify  that  we,  A.  W.  Horwege,  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Petaluma,  and  Frank  B.  Singley,  clerk  of  the  city  of 
Petaluma,  have  compared  the  foregoing  proposed  and  ratified 
amendments  to  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Petaluma  with  the 
original  ordinance  proposing  such  amendments  and  submitting 
the  same  to  the  qualified  electors  of  said  city  at  a  general 
municipal  election,  called  for  that  purpose  on  Tuesday  the 
tenth  day  of  June,  1913,  and  find  that  the  foregoing  is  a  full, 
true,  correct  and  exact  copy  thereof  and  of  each  of  them ;  and 
we  further  certify  that  the  facts  set  forth  in  the  preamble 
preceding  such  amendments  to  said  charter  are  and  each  of 
them  is  true. 

That  as  to  all  of  said  amendments,  this  certificate  shall  be 
taken  as  a  full  and  complete  certification  as  to  the  regularity 
of  all  proceedings  had  and  done  in  connection  therewith. 

In  witness  whereof,  We  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  and 
caused  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city  of  Petaluma  to  be  attached, 
this  first  day  of  December,  1914. 

A.  W.  HORWEGE, 
[seal]  Mayor. 

F.  B.  SINGLEY, 
City  clerk  of  the  city  of  Petaluma. 

And  Whereas,  The  said  proposed  amendments  to  the  charter 
of  the  city  of  Petaluma  so  ratified  are  now  submitted  to  the 
legislature  of  the  State  of  California,  for  approval  or  rejection 
without  power  of  alteration  or  amendment  in  accordance  with 
section  eight  of  article  eleven  of  the  constitution  of  the  State 
of  California;  now,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved  hy  the  senate  of  the  State  of  California,  the 
assembly  thereof  concurring  (a  majority  of  all  members  elected 
to  each  house  voting  for  the  adoption  of  this  resolution  and 
concurring  therein),  That  the  said  amendments  to  the  said 
charter  of  the  said  city  of  Petaluma  hereinbefore  set  forth 
as  presented  and  submitted  to  and  adopted  and  ratified  by  the 
qualified  electors  of  said  city  of  Petaluma  be,  and  the  same 
are  hereby  approved  as  a  whole  for,  and  as  amendments  to  said 
charter  of  said  city  of  Petaluma. 

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